Bill Text: TX SB226 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [SB226 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB226-Introduced.html

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89R3135 AMF-D
By: West S.B. No. 226

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject
of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of
admission into public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.001, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows:
(c-3) The parent or guardian of a child who is the subject of
a parental child safety placement agreement under Section 264.902,
Family Code, may establish residency for purposes of Subsection (b)
by providing to the school district a copy of a letter from the
Department of Family and Protective Services indicating that the
child is the subject of such an agreement and that the address of
the child's residence during the agreement is in the district.
SECTION 2. Section 264.902, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) For a school-age child, a parental child safety
placement agreement must include a letter provided by the
department that contains the address of the child's residence
during the parental child safety placement and the following
language: "THIS LETTER SERVES AS PROOF OF RESIDENCE FOR PURPOSES OF
THE ENROLLMENT OF THE ABOVE-NAMED CHILD OR CHILDREN IN A PUBLIC
SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN WHICH THE CHILD
OR CHILDREN RESIDE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 25.001(C-3),
EDUCATION CODE."
SECTION 3. (a) Section 25.001, Education Code, as amended
by this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
(b) Section 264.902, Family Code, as amended by this Act,
applies only to a parental child safety placement agreement
executed on or after the effective date of this Act. A parental
child safety placement agreement executed before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
agreement was executed, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.